Dd has a rash on her legs at the moment and I'm struggling to work out what it is It is raised and red and comes up really fast so I'm thinking it is a reaction to something.

She had no problems at all until a couple of weeks ago. I put her in a lollipop pocket to go out to the doctor - less than an hour later she pooped in it and I went to change her and the top of her thighs was red raw - the insert was also soaked and the nappy had leaked onto her clothes so I thought maybe it had chaffed because of that (and havent used them again). After that I put her in sposies for a few days because of the sore skin and because she had a big sore lump from her injections.

Since then she's had this intermittent rash on the insides of her legs where the chaffing was. Yesterday she was wearing a bamboozle with a fleece liner (fleece not touching the sore patch) and it came up really bad - I thought maybe it could be because the nappy was a little small and quite wet. Then overnight she was in a flutterby fluff with wool and it cleared up. Then this morning I put her in a happy Heiney pocket (fleece lined) and it flared up almost instantly - so I took it off and have put her in a puddlekins

I have noticed that it has come up a couple of times when I've put her in ssomething preloved without washing it first - washing powder I guess? But all these nappies have been washed several times in the same powder. It is definitely where the nappy touches rather than the wrap.

Hmm - the first time with the lollipop was definitely chaffing and I learnt my lesson with that.

But since that healed it has looked more like a reaction. The bamboozle yesterday was boosted (with a bamboo LL) had been on about 3 hrs, most of which she had been sleeping, and was wet but certainly not soaked. This morning it came up as soon as I put the HH on - it was completely dry and not at all tight on the legs. It went down after I put on a bv lined puddlekins.

I did think it might be the fleece, but yesterday she had a fleece liner in all day and the rash was not where the fleece touched her skin.

I have been sometimes washing at 40 with Nappisan - I can switch to 60 and see if that makes a difference. I could try a strip wash too but haven't had any problems with absorbency or smells

It seems better in BV nappies so I'll keep using those for now, but I dont have enough to use full time.

I wouldn't touch napisan or similar - personally... Isabelle's worst rashes were when using similar and washing at 40...Once we switched to 60 and ditched the sterilising stuff it made a HUGE difference!!